Smallest Common Multiple infinite loop

1

Hey guys (and girls)…

I have a code:

function smallestCommons(arr) {

arr = arr.sort((a, b) =>  a < b);

var arr2 = [];

var count = 0;

for(let i = 0; i <= arr[0] - arr[1]; i++) {
arr2.push(arr[0] - i);
}

for(let i = arr2[0]; i < 10000; i += arr2[0]) {
for(let j = 0; j < arr2.length; j++) {
  if(i % arr2[j] !== 0) {
    count = 0;
    break;
  }else if(i % arr2[j] === 0) {
      count ++;
      if(count === arr2.length) {
        return i;
      }
    }
  }
}

}


smallestCommons([1,5]);

and I know putting 10000 in a for loop isn’t right but i did it just to experiment and the code works well if result isn’t bigger than 10000 (first 3 tests). How to set that condition in order to avoid infinite loop but get all test correct?

2

Well, how should your code know when to stop looping?

3

I have no idea how to tell it to stop…

4

Logically, if you were telling a person how to do this task when would they stop?

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5

Wouldn’t stop until the solution was found…

count <= arr2.length;

it works now :slight_smile:

6

Congrats! I knew you were almost there on your own!

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